Sepsis punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
(a lesser dung fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSepsis punctum (a lesser dung fly)
GenusSepsis (a genus of lesser dung flies)
FamilySEPSIDAE (a family of lesser dung flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Sepsis punctum (a lesser dung fly) :
1: Sepsis punctum (a lesser dung fly)
19 Sep 2017 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept off Purple Moor Grass among small birch
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Sepsis punctum (a lesser dung fly)
14 Apr 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
female, swept from young Glyceria shoots
Image 1: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 6: Hypopleuron and sternopleuron - microscope low magnification - grey backgroundImage 7: Mesopleuron and pteropleuron - microscope low magnification - grey background

Sepsis punctum (a lesser dung fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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